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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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