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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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