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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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