MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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