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
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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