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
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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