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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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