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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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