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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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