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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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