MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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