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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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