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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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