MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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