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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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