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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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