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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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