MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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