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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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