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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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