MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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