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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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