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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
online education are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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