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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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