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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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