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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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