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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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