MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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