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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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