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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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