MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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