MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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