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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
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
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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