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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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