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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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