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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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