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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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