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
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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