MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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