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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Panama to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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