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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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