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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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