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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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