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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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