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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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