MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about 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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