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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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