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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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