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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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