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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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