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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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