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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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