MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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