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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also explores the
most important 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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