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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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