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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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