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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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