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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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