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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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