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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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