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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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