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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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