MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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