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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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