MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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