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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
key 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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