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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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