MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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