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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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