MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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