MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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