MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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