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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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