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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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