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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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