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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|