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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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