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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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