MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
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 learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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