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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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