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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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