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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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