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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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