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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
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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