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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important 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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