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.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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