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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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