MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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