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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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