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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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