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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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