MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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