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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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