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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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