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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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