MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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