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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers 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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