MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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