MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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