MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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