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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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