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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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