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.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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