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.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|