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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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