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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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