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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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