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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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