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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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