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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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