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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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