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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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