MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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