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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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