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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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