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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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