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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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