MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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