MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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