MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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