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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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