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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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