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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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