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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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