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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology enable
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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