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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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