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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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