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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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