MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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