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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|