MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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