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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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