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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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