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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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