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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|