MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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