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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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