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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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