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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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