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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
typically 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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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