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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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