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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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