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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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