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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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