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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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