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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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