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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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