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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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