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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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