MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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