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
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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