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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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