MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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