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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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