MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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