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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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