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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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