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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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