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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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