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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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