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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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