MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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