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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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