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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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