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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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