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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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