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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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