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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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