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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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