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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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