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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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