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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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