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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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