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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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