MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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