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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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