MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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