MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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