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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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