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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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