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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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