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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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