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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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