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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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