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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key 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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