MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education make it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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