MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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