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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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