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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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