MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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