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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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