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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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