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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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