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.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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