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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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