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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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