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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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