MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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