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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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