MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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