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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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