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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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