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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|