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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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