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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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