MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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