MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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