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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education enable
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Laos to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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