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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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