MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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