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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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