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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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