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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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