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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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