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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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