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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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