MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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