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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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