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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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