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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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