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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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