MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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