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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important 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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