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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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