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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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