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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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