MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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