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 is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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