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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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