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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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