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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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