MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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