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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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