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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|