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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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