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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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