MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
online learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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