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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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