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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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