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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major 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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