MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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