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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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