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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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