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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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