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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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