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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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