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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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