MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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