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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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