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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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