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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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