MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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