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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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