MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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