MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines 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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