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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
The New School to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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