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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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