MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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