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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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