MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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