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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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