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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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