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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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