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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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