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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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