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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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