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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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