MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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