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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|