MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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