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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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