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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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