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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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