MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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