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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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