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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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