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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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