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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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