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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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