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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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