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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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