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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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