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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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