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 Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|