MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key 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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