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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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