MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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