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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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