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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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