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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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