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
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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