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.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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