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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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