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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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