MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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