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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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