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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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