MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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