MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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