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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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