MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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