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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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