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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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