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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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