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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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