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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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