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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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