MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches 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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