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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
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 variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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