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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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