MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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