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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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