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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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