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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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