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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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