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.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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