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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
key 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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