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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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