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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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