MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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