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
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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