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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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