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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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