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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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