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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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