MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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