MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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