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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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