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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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