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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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