MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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