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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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