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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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