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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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