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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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