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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students 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 several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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