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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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