MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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