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.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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