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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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