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
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major 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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