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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers 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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