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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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