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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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