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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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