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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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