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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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