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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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