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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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