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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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