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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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