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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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