MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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