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.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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