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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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