MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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