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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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