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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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