MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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