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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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