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
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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