MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates 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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