MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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