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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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