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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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