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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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