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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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