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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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