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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with 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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