MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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