MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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