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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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