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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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