MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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