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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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