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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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