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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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