MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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