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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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