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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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