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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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