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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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