MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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