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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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