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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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