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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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