MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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