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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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