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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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