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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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