MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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