MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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