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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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