MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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