MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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