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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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