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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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