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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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