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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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