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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively 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 teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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