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.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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