MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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