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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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