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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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