MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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