MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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