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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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