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.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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