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
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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