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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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