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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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