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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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