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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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