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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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