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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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