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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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