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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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