MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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