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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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