MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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