MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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