MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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