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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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