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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
blended learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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