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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The New School to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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