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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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