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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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