MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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