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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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