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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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