MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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