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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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