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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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