MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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