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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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