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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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