MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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