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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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