MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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