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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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