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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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