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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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