MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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