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.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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