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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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