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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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