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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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