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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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