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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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