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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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