MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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