MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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