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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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