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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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