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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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