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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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