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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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