MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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