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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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