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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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