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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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