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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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