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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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