MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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