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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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