MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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