MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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