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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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