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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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