MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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