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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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