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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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