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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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