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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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