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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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