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.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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