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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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