MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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