MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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