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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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