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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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