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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major 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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