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
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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