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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
