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
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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