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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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