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.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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