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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important 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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