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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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