MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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