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 scholarly 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
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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