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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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