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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
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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