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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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