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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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