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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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