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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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