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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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