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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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