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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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