MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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