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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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