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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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