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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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