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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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