MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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