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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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