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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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