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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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