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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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