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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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