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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|